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A broken bone no longer a burden to carry: a destination in sight

Author(s) -

Saabea Owusu Konadu,

Dominic KonaduYeboah,

Gilda Opoku,

Obed Ofori Nyarko

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

african journal of current medical research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2579-0242

DOI - 10.31191/afrijcmr.v4i2.70

Subject(s) - sight , alliance , carry (investment) , case fatality rate , psychological intervention , medicine , road traffic , environmental health , medical emergency , business , transport engineering , geography , engineering , finance , psychiatry , population , physics , archaeology , astronomy

Worldwide the third leading cause of death among persons under 40 years is attributed to trauma(1). In Ghana road traffic accidents have a case fatality rate of about 17%(3). Over the years with interventions and policies by AO Alliance the burden and morbidity following trauma especially road traffic accidents have reduced; with a destination in sight where a broken bone is no longer a burden to carry.

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